Binder for sheet-music



J. S. SHANNON. Binder for Sheet Music.

No. 234,150. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

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UNITE STATES JAMES S. SHANNON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BIND-ER FOR SHEET-MUSIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,150, dated November9, 1880.

Application filed October 28, 1879.

lb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns S. SHANNON, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Devices forBinding Together the Separate Sheets of Music and Similar Folded Leaves;and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to a device for cheaply securing together theseparate sheetsforming a piece of sheet-music in such manner that theywill open at the fold and lie flat upon the piano, as heretofore whenunbound.

It consists in a piece of manila, or preferably of linen-backed, paperhaving the general form and adapted to be applied to the separate sheetsto unite them, as will be hereinafter explained by reference to thedrawings forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 shows the outline of the binder. Fig. 2 illustrates the mannerof its application. Fig. 3 shows, in transverse section, how the binderis applied to hold a single leaf or sheet within one or more foldedsheets; and Fig. 4. shows a double hinder, or two binders formed in asingle piece and adapted to hold the music-sheets at two points.

The binder consists of a piece which, as a whole, I will designate bythe letter A, and which in its single form is shown in Fig. 1. The pieceA, of tough flexible material, preferably linen-backed paper, has theelongated straight portion or body 0 and the shortercentrally-projecting' portion 'E joined by the relatively narrow neck a.This piece is applied to unite or bind two or more folded sheets bymaking a slit through the sheets to be joined in the folds thereof ofthe width of the neck a, or slightly wider, then passing the part E ofthe binder A, folded upon itself, as shown in Fig. 2, outwardly throughthe slit, and thereafter unfolding the part E to its original form.

To unite a single sheet within one or more folded sheets, as shown inFig. 3, the body a of the binder A is gummed to the edge of the singlesheet, and then the part E is passed through a slit in the folded sheetor sheets, and is expanded, as already described.

To properly hold the united sheets two fastenings are necessary, placed,say, half the height of the sheet from each other. These may beseparate, as shown in Fig. 1, or united in a single piece, as shown inFig. 4.

In the manufacture of the fastening or binding pieces A the gum isapplied to the body 0, so that it may be readily secured either by thepublisher or purchaser of the music.

The fastening described is intended to also serve as a means of securingthe music thus connected in a general music-hinder, which forms thesubject of another application for patent, (in which I am one ofjointinventors,) and for this purpose is provided with the aperture 1'; hutthis is not essential to the complete invention as herein set forth andclaimed.

When no reference is had to the subsequent binding of several sheets ofmusic in a single volume, the projecting portion E may he also gummed onone face, and thereby fastened to the outer surface of the outer sheet,thus operating somewhat independently of the shoulders at the neck a. Ifthus gummed and secured, or only gum med on the body 0, I prefer theelongated form of the parts E and e, in order that a narrower slit needbe in that case made in the sheets in connection with large and secureattachment. It is better to actually gum the part c to the inner sheet,if it be double, both to hold the said part more permanently flat and inplace and to prevent tearing of the slit in the inner sheet by carelesshandling. An elongated attachment to the free edge of a single sheetobviously lessens the tendency of such edge to tear at the point offastening.

The binding-piece A thus applied forms a hinge acting in the immediatefold of the sheets united, and therefore permitting them to be openedout perfectly flat, as though wholly disunited, as heretofore.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. A fastening forsheet-music or similar folded sheets requiring to be opened in the fold,which consists of a flexible flat piece, e, provided with the parts Eand connectingneck 11, passing through the sheets in their i ti-alsingle sheet with folded sheets, or folded fold, and held l its outerand inner projeo sheets alone, substantially in the manner and tions, soas to l'oi'ni it tlexihle hinge. securing i for the purpose set forth.

the sheets togethernnd zit-ting: innnedintely in In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as 5 the fold, substantially as described. 1 myinvention I aflix my signature in presence 15 2. The flexible fasteningfor sheet-innsie or i of two witnesses. Similar folded sheets, \Vilit'ilconsists of the JAMES S. SHANNON. parts E and c joined by the narrowernot or Witnesses: neck n, and having the part 0 "lllllllltt] on one M.1' DAYTON,

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